Parallel Verses
Amplified
Please tell them that you are
New American Standard Bible
Please say that you are
King James Version
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
Holman Bible
Please say you’re my sister so it will go well for me because of you, and my life will be spared on your account.”
International Standard Version
Please say that you are my sister, so things will go well for me for your sake. That way, you'll be saving my life."
A Conservative Version
Say, I pray thee, thou are my sister, that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.
American Standard Version
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.
Bible in Basic English
Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.
Darby Translation
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, that it may be well with me on thy account, and my soul may live because of thee.
Julia Smith Translation
Say, now, thou my sister, that it shall be well to me because of thee, and my soul shall live by means of thee.
King James 2000
Say, I pray you, that you are my sister: that it may be well with me for your sake; and my soul shall live because of you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Please say you are my sister so that it will go well for me on your account. {Then I will live} on account of you."
Modern King James verseion
I pray you, say that you are my sister, so that it may be well with me for your sake. And my soul shall live because of you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Say, I pray thee therefore, that thou art my sister; that I may fare the better by reason of thee, and that my soul may live for thy sake."
NET Bible
So tell them you are my sister so that it may go well for me because of you and my life will be spared on account of you."
New Heart English Bible
Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."
The Emphasized Bible
Say, I beseech thee that my sister, art thou, - to the end it may be well with me for thy sake, so shall my soul be preserved alive because of thee.
Webster
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
World English Bible
Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."
Youngs Literal Translation
say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, so that it is well with me because of thee, and my soul hath lived for thy sake.'
Themes
Cowardice » Instances of » Abraham, in calling his wife his sister
Deception » Religious persons guilty of
Deception » Instances of » Abraham, in stating that sarah was his sister
Egyptians » Hospitality of, to abraham
Falsehood » Instances of » Abraham, in denying that sarah was his wife
Ignorance » Instances of punishment of sins of » Pharaoh
Marriage » Consanguinous, abraham and sarah
Sarah » Also called sarai » Near of kin to abraham
Temptation » Evil companionships, ruinous influence of » Temptation to deceit, examples of
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 12:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abram In Egypt
12
so when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me [to acquire you], but they will let you live.
13 Please tell them that you are
Cross References
Genesis 20:2
Abraham
Genesis 26:7
The men of the place asked him about his wife, and he said, “She is my
Genesis 20:5
Did Abraham not tell me, ‘She is my sister?’ And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands I have done this.”
Genesis 11:29
Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai (later called Sarah), and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.
Genesis 20:12-13
Besides, she actually is my [half] sister; she is the daughter of my father [Terah], but not of my mother; and she became my wife.
Psalm 146:3-5
Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).
Isaiah 57:11
“About whom were you worried and fearful
That you lied and did not
Nor
Was I not silent even for a long time
And [as a result] you do not fear Me?
Jeremiah 17:5-8
Thus says the Lord,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind,
Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength,
And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.
Ezekiel 18:4
Behold (pay close attention), all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die.
Matthew 26:69-75
Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant-girl came up to him and said, “You too were with Jesus the Galilean.”
John 8:44
Romans 3:6-8
Certainly not! For otherwise, how will God judge the world?
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God [that is, His remarkable, overwhelming gift of grace to believers] is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Galatians 2:12-13
Before certain men came from James, he used to eat [his meals] with the Gentiles; but when the men [from Jerusalem] arrived, he began to withdraw and separate himself [from the Gentile believers], because he was afraid of those from the
Colossians 3:6
Because of these [sinful] things the [divine] wrath of God is coming